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Building the nation and other poems
Building the nation and other poems
AuthorChristopher Henry Muwanga Barlow
LanguageEnglish
PublisherFountain Publishers
Publication date
2000
Publication placeUganda
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages117
ISBN9970021915

Building the nation and other poems, published by Fountain Publishers in 2000, is a collection of 76 poems by Ugandan poet Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow.[1] The poems are divided into seven sections: "Politicians, servants and sycophants", "The jungles of humanity", "Arguments with God", "Random portraits", "Of nature", "The rich live amalgam", and "Of love and all that". The poems deal with diverse themes like political opportunism and sycophancy, war, the paradox of God and the richness and beauty of nature.

Critical reception

The poems have received mainly positive reviews.

References

  1. ^ "Henry Barlow: The builder of the nation is gone". New Vision. 23 August 2006. Retrieved 18 October 2017.


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